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Chapter 139 - Blackmail Made Flesh

Justin – POV

They were still at it—still trying to break down the fucking reinforced door I'd locked.

I could hear them outside: the angry scrape of metal on metal, boots shuffling, low curses spat between clenched teeth.

Hours. It had been hours. And every goddamn minute that passed, my rage burned hotter, my muscles tighter, my mind louder.

But it wasn't fear for myself.

It was her.

June sat behind me on the bed—her body still trembling in places I couldn't soothe, her breath shaky against my back.

I'd kept my hand over hers, fingers tangled tight enough to hurt, just to remind her—and me—that she was here. Alive.

I kept whispering to her, voice hoarse from so many words:

"I'm here, baby. No one's getting past me."

"I've got you. Always."

And I meant every fucking word, even when the hammering on the door got louder.

Even when the hinges started to shriek in protest.

Even when sweat dripped from my brow and my heart slammed in my chest like a warning drum.

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